Release Notes - 4.17

We are pleased to inform you that we have launched a new version of our TOPS Control Tower, 4.17

In order to allow editing of the TO/MO/SO reference field regardless of the Order status, we reconfigured the columns to allow editing. This way, you will always be able to adjust these references.

Allows editing of the SO Billing customer field without having to open the Order form. 


This column can be edited when the order is active or canceled, however, it cannot be edited if the order has status "ready for billing". You can also add an event ( in the CT Role ) to make sure the order history shows the change of billing customer.

This alert can be used by regular users within CT and as an outgoing event to inform the Carrier about the updates on TO-level. It is one alert per TO which indicates a change has been made to the scheduled time and/or an actual time.

The events can be activated in the event section of the control tower role. Alerts are activated in "configure my alerts"

We created a central database for all order templates that are created by users in the new "Order Templates" masterdata table. The table can be used as an overview of existing templates and to create new templates.

New zoom feature to get a detailed overview of current trips planned for the next hours or a full overview of the next 3 days

The user can choose from:

2) Opening the details pane from Fleet Management is now easier. When a user double-clicks on a transport order in the TO grid or the Route (stops or drive time) on the planboard, instead of opening the stops grid model, we now open the order details pane

A new button is added on the sales order form to allow users to create a rate request while creating the order. If you create the order and then save it, you will see the rate request button at the bottom of the order form

We created a new table that provides an overview of your batch action, the table can be found under "My Account". It creates a log for all actions taken with the "batch action" button in the grid menu.

In order to avoid orders being planned for couriers that are ( or will be ) on holiday, we added a confirmation pop-up notifying dispatch that the courses has a planned holiday.

Sales order settings now have an option to configure a Distance Correct % for your customers for the calculated driving distance. The system will add x% to the calculated route distance to correct any routing inconsistencies. The rates will be matched 
based on the calculated distance + correction %.

The batch actions section of the grid menu now includes an option to recalculate the Fuel, Freight, and Surcharges for the orders in the grid. Once the action starts, you can follow up on it in the batch actions window

Email settings were expanded to include the ETA emails

The Division masterdata table now includes extra settings to indicate which units of measurement should be used when orders are created in your Divison

The new addition to the cost management section is called Rate Explorer. Here you can find matching rates and surcharges based on order codes or specific filter criteria.

More info can be found here

This option allows you to configure the system as such, that users and external systems will be able to optionally provide a reason code when they update a milestone and the actual is on time compared to the scheduled time. This way carriers/drivers can provide additional information, even when they are on time.

Customer Portal user can now save their location together with instructions,

so that they don’t have to retype the same instructions each time they create an order for that location
. The instruction is then stored in the location masterdata:

The surcharges have been reworked to allow more configuration. The Fuel surcharges have moved to this table and we added a new feature for automatic insurance addition. We added 2 new Rate Classes:

At the bottom, you can specify to which cost type(s) the percent rate should be applied